Julie's picks for January from the nursing lit

Here's one New Years resolution you can easily keep!! Catch our monthly picks from the EBN nursing literature! Staff at St. Joseph Hospital , Orange or Children's Hospital of Orange County may be able to access many of these articles through Burlew Medical Library's website or ask library staff to obtain the full text for them.

1. Thrombolysis administration by nurses: an evolving UK evidence

base?(includes abstract); Sloman M; Williamson GR; International Emergency Nursing, 2009 Oct; 17 (4): 193-202 (journal article - research, systematic review, tables/charts) ISSN: 1755-599X PMID: 19782332 CINAHL AN: 2010453128

2. Exploring perceptions of a learning organization by RNs and relationship to EBP beliefs and implementation in the acute care setting.(includes abstract); Estrada N; Worldviews on
Evidence-BasedNursing, 2009 4th Quarter; 6 (4): 200-9 (journal article) ISSN: 1545-102X CINAHL AN: 2010504911

3. The latest evidence on the effectiveness of behavioral counseling interventions with adults.Melnyk BM; Worldviews on Evidence-BasedNursing, 2009 4th Quarter; 6 (4): 250-4 (journal article)
ISSN: 1545-102X CINAHL AN: 2010504917

4. Factor V Leiden: impact on infusion nursing practice.(includes abstract); Weinstein SM; Journal of Infusion Nursing, 2009 Jul-Aug; 32 (4): 219-23 (journal article) ISSN: 1533-1458 PMID: 19606001 CINAHL AN: 2010352064

5. Sleep in adolescence: a review of issues for nursing practice.(includes abstract); Vallido T; Peters K; Brien L; Jackson D; Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2009 Jul; 18 (13): 1819-26 (journal article - research, systematic review) ISSN: 0962-1067 PMID: 19638045 CINAHL AN: 2010314625

6. Nursing resources and patient outcomes in intensive care: a systematic review of the literature.(includes abstract); West E; Mays N; Rafferty AM; Rowan K; Sanderson C; International Journal of Nursing
Studies, 2009 Jul; 46 (7): 993-1011 (journal article - research, systematic review, tables/charts) ISSN: 020-7489 PMID: 17964577 CINAHL AN: 2010351654

7. Evaluating central venous catheter care in a pediatric intensive care unit.(includes abstract); Hatler C; Buckwald L; Salas-Allison Z; Murphy-Taylor C; American Journal of Critical Care, 2009 Nov; 18 (6):
514-20 (journal article - research, tables/charts) ISSN: 1062-3264 PMID: 19880953 CINAHL AN: 2010464302

8. Hourly rounds: what does the evidence indicate? Halm MA; American Journal of Critical Care, 2009 Nov; 18 (6): 581-4 (journal article - research, systematic review, tables/charts) ISSN: 1062-3264 PMID:
19880960 CINAHL AN: 2010464309

9. Acute confusion/delirium.Sendelbach S; Guthrie PF; Schoenfelder DP; Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 2009 Nov; 35 (11): 11-8 (journal article - pictorial, review, tables/charts) ISSN: 0098-9134 PMID:
19904851 CINAHL AN: 2010471514

10. Lessons learned while conducting a clinical trial to facilitate evidence-based practice: the neophyte researcher experience.(includes abstract); Brim CB; Schoonover HD; Journal of Continuing Education in
Nursing, 2009 Aug; 40 (8): 380-4 (journal article) ISSN: 0022-0124 PMID: 19681576 CINAHL AN: 2010368156

11. Glycemic control in the hospital: how tight should it be?(includes abstract); Kessler C; Nursing, 2009 Nov; 39 (11): 38-44 (journal article - CEU, exam questions, pictorial, tables/charts) ISSN:
0360-4039 PMID: 19859000 CINAHL AN: 2010464169

12. Metasynthesis: a goldmine for evidence-based practice.(includes abstract); Beck CT; AORN Journal, 2009 Nov; 90 (5): 701-2, 705-10 (journal article - tables/charts) ISSN: 0001-2092 PMID: 19895928 CINAHL AN: 2010470525

13. ASPAN's evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the promotion of perioperative normothermia.Hooper VD; Chard R; Clifford T; Fetzer S; Fossum S; Godden B; Martinez EA; Noble KA; O'Brien D; Odom-Forren J; et al.; Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2009 Oct; 24 (5): 271-87
(journal article - algorithm, tables/charts) ISSN: 1089-9472 PMID: 19853810 CINAHL AN: 2010471997

14. Review summaries: evidence for nursing practice. Brief interventions for heavy alcohol users admitted to general hospital wards.Jayasekara R; Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2009 Dec; 65 (12): 2511-2 (journal
article - abstract) ISSN: 0309-2402 CINAHL AN: 2010502042

15. A review of cohort study design for cardiovascular nursing research.(includes abstract); Hood MN; Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2009 Nov-Dec; 24 (6): E1-9 (journal article - abstract) ISSN:
0889-4655 PMID: 19858946 CINAHL AN: 2010464140